This week we went to Movies at Dundrum to see this:
I booked our seats online in the top left row - which gives Boo a bit of a buffer for chatting and flapping without disturbing anyone.
We got there and bought our popcorn, pepsi and tub of Ben and Jerry's Fairtrade Chocolate Macadamia nut and went in to the cinema, 10 minutes after the previews, to ensure popcorn longevity - which ensures a quieter Boo.
And a woman with 10 children had taken our seats. The cinema wasn't too full, so when I pointed out that we had reserved seating and needed to sit down, she could have moved two of the kids down a row. But she refused, even when I told her about Boo's special needs*.
I went out and got the usher, he went in, then came back out and got a manager. Meanwhile key guinea pig action establishing plot lines were happening on screen, while Boo and I ate popcorn and icecream on a seat outside the cinema.
The Manager emerged 10 full minutes later and admitted defeat. The woman would not move. The manager offered to comp' us tickets and free snacks for the next show -which started in 90 minutes, so I took Boo back into the cinema to watch the second half of the film, and to hell with flapping or chatting - while I periodically made evil eyes at the back row woman-who-should-have-lived-under a shoe.
The film didn't make an awful lot of sense. I suspect that missing the first half wasn't entirely the reason for this. Disney is getting very lazy about script, story and decent non-CGI generated acting these days.
But the Guinea Pigs were brilliant - especially the one voiced by Tracey from 30 Rock.
After that show ended we watched the credits and then went over to Hamleys to fill in the time
And a moving Triceratops that he told me was singing like "Stitch"
Eventually we got fed up and decided to go home, without knowing exactly how those Guinea Pigs came to be wearing headsets and carrying FBI badges. Guess I will have to wait for the DVD.
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*I think I know why she refused to allow for Boo's Autism and give us the seats we booked.
There are some people in the world who think that kids like Boo should never go out and expect the rest of the world to make allowances for the need to chat or flap or have a bit of extra personal space; or be in any way different from the normals. They expect kids like Boo to live out their lives in special schools, special homes and only go to special showings of the latest films - or wait for them to be on DVD. - to be invisible in other words.
We came a long way to be able to go to the first day of a new release film like this- with the help and support of the cinema staff and management. Meeting so many good people I forget there are people like that woman in the world. May she be outnumbered wherever she goes.
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*I think I know why she refused to allow for Boo's Autism and give us the seats we booked.
There are some people in the world who think that kids like Boo should never go out and expect the rest of the world to make allowances for the need to chat or flap or have a bit of extra personal space; or be in any way different from the normals. They expect kids like Boo to live out their lives in special schools, special homes and only go to special showings of the latest films - or wait for them to be on DVD. - to be invisible in other words.
We came a long way to be able to go to the first day of a new release film like this- with the help and support of the cinema staff and management. Meeting so many good people I forget there are people like that woman in the world. May she be outnumbered wherever she goes.
xx
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Summer
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I'm sure they weren't rubbish but I would have got her out of those seats.
I doubt she even knew what autism is let alone spell it. Ignorance isn't always about opinions it is often plain stupidity. Stupid people are very good at sticking to their views and being cunning because their brains don't exactly excel at anything else.
Next time you meet someone (sorry but the laws of averages means you probably will..) like her - talk really slowly and loudly telling her your boy is very bright but his wiring is routed a bit differently and then say shame your brain didn't get connected you might understand me and autism if it had!
drwende: I'm thinking you could be right. There are some folk who just think it's every man (or woman) for himself in this world!
I still meet more good people than bad so I'm not becoming a cynic yet.
All in the small print though ...eh? They should make that more clear. I wonder if nasty lady knew that rule?? Probably not. I'd say she just dug her heels in....I'm here first...we have loads of kids and I'm not splitting them up...or going to the hassle of moving everyone....Autism be damned. If it wasn't so unfair on Boo I'd nearly have sat RIGHT in front of her...or the SMALLESt of her kids & let Boo flap & stand up as much as he wanted!! Too distressing for him though. Coats on seats VERY GOOD idea! xx J
Solo
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Jazz and Jean: I was surprisingly un-millitant. I think because her kids were there and it wasnt their fault I cooled my heels. I hope someone reads this and relates the story to her and she BURNS in shame! (her friend was just as guilty for doing nothing)
Wendyb: a pleasure. I used to love that site, but less so after I saw he was making nappies for the guineas... blerch!
Cas: I kept offering to get him extra coke!
Solo: thanks for dropping by.
xx
I just wanna smack her to the moon!
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